Michael X. Kirby

11.2k citations

19 papers · 8.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 14

Ecology top 0.1%
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
Oceanography top 0.2%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 0.5%

Co-authors: Jeremy B. C. Jackson Susan M. Kidwell Richard G. Cooke Bruce J. Bourque Hunter S. Lenihan Charles H. Peterson Roger Bradbury Wolfgang Berger
Topics: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (7 papers)Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers)Marine Biology and Ecology Research (6 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Oceanography Ecology
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United States Panama Australia

In The Last Decade

Michael X. Kirby

19 papers receiving 7.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems

2001 4.9k citations Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Michael X. Kirby et al. Science profile →
Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas

2006 2.5k citations Heike K. Lotze, Hunter S. Lenihan et al. Science profile →

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19 of 19 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Extinct peccary“Cynorca” occidentale(Tayassuidae, Tayassuinae) from the Miocene of Panama and correlations to North America 2010 ·Journal of Paleontology ·Bruce J. MacFadden,Michael X. Kirby,Aldo F. Rincón,Camilo Montes,Sara Morón,(unknown),Carlos Jaramillo	26
2	Lower Miocene Stratigraphy along the Panama Canal and Its Bearing on the Central American Peninsula 2008 ·PLoS ONE ·Michael X. Kirby,D. S. Jones,Bruce J. MacFadden	128
3	Palaeoecology of the Pleistocene (MIS 5.5) outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores) in a complex oceanic tectonic setting 2008 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Sérgio P. Ávila,Patrícia Madeira,Caridad Zazo,Andreas Kroh,Michael X. Kirby,Carlos Marques da Silva,Mário Cachão,António M. de Frias Martins	39
4	Neogene Shallow-marine Paleoenvironments and preliminary strontium isotope chronostratigraphy of Santa Maria Islands, Azores 2007 ·Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) ·Michael X. Kirby,D. S. Jones,Sérgio P. Ávila	13
5	MIDDLE MIOCENE GLOBAL CHANGE AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF PANAMA 2007 ·Palaios ·Gregory J. Retallack,Michael X. Kirby	52
6	Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seasbreakdown → 2006 ·Science ·Heike K. Lotze,Hunter S. Lenihan,Bruce J. Bourque,Roger Bradbury,Richard G. Cooke,Matthew C. Kay,Susan M. Kidwell,Michael X. Kirby,Charles H. Peterson,Jeremy B. C. Jackson	2522
7	THE EMPERADOR LIMESTONE REDISCOVERED: EARLY MIOCENE CORALS FROM THE CULEBRA FORMATION, PANAMA 2006 ·Journal of Paleontology ·Kenneth G. Johnson,Michael X. Kirby	27
8	Was southern Central America an archipelago or a peninsula in the middle Miocene? A test using land-mammal body size 2005 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Michael X. Kirby,Bruce J. MacFadden	68
9	Extinction of a fast-growing oyster and changing ocean circulation in Pliocene tropical America 2004 ·Geology ·Michael X. Kirby,Jeremy B. C. Jackson	23
10	Response of a benthic suspension feeder (Crassostrea virginica Gmelin) to three centuries of anthropogenic eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay 2004 ·Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ·Michael X. Kirby,(unknown)	64
11	Fishing down the coast: Historical expansion and collapse of oyster fisheries along continental margins 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael X. Kirby	301
12	Seasonal Isotopic Ca, B, O, C and Sr Fractionation in Late Oligocene Oysters (C. Gigantissima) 2003 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Annette Deyhle,D. MacDougall,Michael X. Kirby	1
13	Differences in growth rate and environment between Tertiary and Quaternary Crassostrea oysters 2001 ·Paleobiology ·Michael X. Kirby	56
14	Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystemsbreakdown → 2001 ·Science ·Jeremy B. C. Jackson,Michael X. Kirby,Wolfgang Berger,Karen A. Bjorndal,Louis W. Botsford,Bruce J. Bourque,Roger Bradbury,Richard G. Cooke,Jon M. Erlandson,James A. Estes,Terry P. Hughes,Susan M. Kidwell,Carina B. Lange,Hunter S. Lenihan,John M. Pandolfi,Charles H. Peterson,Robert S. Steneck,Mia J. Tegner,Robert R. Warner	4903
15	Paleoecological Differences between Tertiary and Quaternary Crassostrea Oysters, as Revealed by Stable Isotope Sclerochronology 2000 ·Palaios ·Michael X. Kirby	6
16	Paleoecological Differences Between Tertiary and Quaternary Crassostrea Oysters, as Revealed by Stable Isotope Sclerochronology 2000 ·Palaios ·Michael X. Kirby	67
17	Stable Isotope Sclerochronology of Pleistocene and Recent Oyster Shells (Crassostrea virginica) 1998 ·Palaios ·Michael X. Kirby,Thomas M. Soniat,Howard J. Spero	146
18	The Tethyan bivalve Roudairia from the Upper Cretaceous of California 1995 ·Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·Michael X. Kirby,Louella R. Saul	8
19	Turning the Tide: A New Policy for Canada's Pacific Fisheries 1983 ·Canadian Public Policy ·Charles Plourde,Peter H. Pearse,Michael X. Kirby	10

About Michael X. Kirby

Michael X. Kirby is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Ecology, having authored 19 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (7 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (5.0k citations), Oceanography (2.7k citations) and Ecology (5.6k citations). Michael X. Kirby has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Panama and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Susan M. Kidwell, Richard G. Cooke, Bruce J. Bourque, Hunter S. Lenihan, Charles H. Peterson, Roger Bradbury, Wolfgang Berger, James A. Estes and Terry P. Hughes. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

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